UC Merced

This dissertation intervenes in the fields of arts and cultural industries with the case study of art biennial exhibitions. As the Olympics of the art world, the international art biennial is a site of global knowledge production with cultural value and soft power. This dissertation examines Sinophone art biennials and these international events' global outreach and digital campaign that also recreate new geopolitical meanings in the virtual sphere. This research also emphasizes female curatorship in the art biennial scene, and aims to uncover the complex cultural and geopolitical values circulating in today's increasingly globalized and digitized world.